When any department, agency or entity which provides emergency medical services under the authority of this article is responding to, operating at or returning from an emergency medical service, any emergency medical service personnel serving in the capacity of an emergency medical service line officer in charge, shall control and direct the providing of emergency medical services. The emergency medical service personnel serving in the capacity of an emergency medical service line officer shall determine whether a patient shall be transported from the emergency scene, determine what care shall be rendered prior to the transport, determine the appropriate facility to which the patient shall be transported, and otherwise fully direct and control the providing of emergency medical services and patient care under the direction of medical command.
Nothing included in this section may be construed to restrict or interfere with the authority of a fire officer in charge to supervise or direct those fire department personnel under his or her command or to restrict any person from entering a hazardous area for which the fire officer has assumed the responsibility.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 4C. Emergency Medical Services Act
§16-4C-6. Powers and Duties of Commissioner
§16-4C-6a. Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure
§16-4C-7. Vehicles, Aircraft and Persons Aboard Them Exempted From Requirements of Article
§16-4C-8. Standards for Emergency Medical Services Personnel
§16-4C-8a. Courtesy Certification of Emergency Medical Services Personnel in Surrounding States
§16-4C-9. Complaints; Investigations; Due Process Procedure; Grounds for Disciplinary Action
§16-4C-10. Procedures for Hearing; Right of Appeal; Judicial Review
§16-4C-11. Liability for Cost of Emergency Medical Service
§16-4C-12. Violations; Criminal Penalties
§16-4C-13. Actions to Enjoin Violations; Injunctive Relief
§16-4C-14. Services That May Be Performed by Emergency Medical Service Personnel
§16-4C-16. Limitation of Liability; Mandatory Errors and Omissions Insurance
§16-4C-17. Limitation of Liability for Failure to Obtain Consent
§16-4C-18. Authority of Emergency Medical Service Personnel in Charge of Emergency Medical Services
§16-4C-20. Service Reciprocity Agreements for Mutual Aid
§16-4C-22. Transportation of Unconscious or Otherwise Uncommunicative Patients